Michelle Corrigan, BACP

Michelle Corrigan offers integrative counselling from a person-centered perspective, focusing on the present and the factors that have led someone to their current situation. She works in a warm, interactive way, attending to both spoken dialogue and sometimes nonverbal energy, and explores what is on a client's mind as well as obstacles to personal growth and change. Michelle helps clients identify practical steps to move forward and implement meaningful shifts in day-to-day life.

Her practice attends to both the outer world - the life circumstances and relationships causing distress - and the inner world, including thoughts, emotions, and the ways stress manifests physically in the body. Trained as an integrative counsellor with roots in person-centered and humanistic theory, she is informed by Gestalt practice and brings creative methods into therapy informed by experience in yoga and shamanic approaches. Michelle treats each person as unique and adapts her work to individual needs.

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom. With an emphasis on support, holding space, and empowering clients, Michelle encourages those ready to pursue a more fulfilling and happier life to take the first steps toward change.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Michelle Corrigan draws on client-centered therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client's experience guides the work. This approach emphasizes empathy, active listening, and helping people find their own path forward, making it useful for issues like self-esteem, grief, and life transitions.

She also uses attachment-based therapy to explore relational patterns that affect current relationships and emotional responses. This work can be helpful for addressing relationship difficulties, abandonment concerns, and attachment-related anxieties by examining how early bonds influence present behavior.

In addition, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to develop practical strategies for managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle works with clients to assess their needs, goals, and preferences and adapts methods accordingly, so clients are involved in deciding what will best support their progress.

Online therapy with Michelle can take place via video call, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people balancing work, family, or mobility concerns. These options make it easier to access regular therapy sessions and to maintain momentum between meetings with registered professionals and therapists.